The expressive powers of law : theories and limits /

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Author / Creator:	McAdams, Richard H., author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2015]
Description:	1 online resource (322 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Law -- Language. Law -- Methodology. Expression. Rhetoric. Expression. Law -- Language. Law -- Methodology. Rhetoric. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11238725

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ISBN:	067473596X 9780674735965 9780674046924 0674046927
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Why do people obey the law? Law deters crime by specifying sanctions, and because people internalize its authority. But Richard McAdams says law also generates compliance through its expressive power to coordinate behavior (traffic laws) and inform beliefs (smoking bans)--that is, simply by what it says rather than what it sanctions.
Other form:	Print version: McAdams, Richard H. Expressive powers of law. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015 9780674046924
Standard no.:	10.4159/harvard.9780674735965

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